Evil Mog

All right, so it was funny. I'm a glider pilot. And so the first aircraft I ever flew was CF or CG Mog. But it also happened to be a Final Fantasy character. The problem was I had that as my gamer handle for years. And then I met Matthew O'Gorman at DerbyCon, and he had the same initials. And so we decided to deconfliction. And because he had the name, I figured I'd change mine to be Polite.

All right, so it was funny. I'm a glider pilot. And so the first aircraft I ever flew was CF or CG Mog. But it also happened to be a Final Fantasy character. The problem was I had that as my gamer handle for years. And then I met Matthew O'Gorman at DerbyCon, and he had the same initials. And so we decided to deconfliction. And because he had the name, I figured I'd change mine to be Polite.

And so I became Evil Mog, and that was my IRC handle from thenceforth.

And so I became Evil Mog, and that was my IRC handle from thenceforth.

Yeah, so I was kind of stupid and was doing a fair bit of online piracy, freaking, a little bit of other various things. And back then, it was fairly easy to trace people because young, dumb, and stupid. And so I get this kind of stern knock on the door.

Yeah, so I was kind of stupid and was doing a fair bit of online piracy, freaking, a little bit of other various things. And back then, it was fairly easy to trace people because young, dumb, and stupid. And so I get this kind of stern knock on the door.

And they're like, we know everything you've been doing. You have a choice. You either stop now and play good, or we either put you in juvie, but Canada's prisons are kind of crap for kids. Or we can just get a technology ban on you that'll last until you're 30 and you'll never get a job in technology. I'm like, yes, sir. I'll be good, sir. Here we are, sir. And, you know, kind of off we went.

And they're like, we know everything you've been doing. You have a choice. You either stop now and play good, or we either put you in juvie, but Canada's prisons are kind of crap for kids. Or we can just get a technology ban on you that'll last until you're 30 and you'll never get a job in technology. I'm like, yes, sir. I'll be good, sir. Here we are, sir. And, you know, kind of off we went.

I might have done a little bit more than that. Um... Just a little bit. See, remember back when the early credit card numbers had a specific way of validating that they were legit? I was publishing bogus credit card number generators that only sort of worked half the time on local BBS systems.

I might have done a little bit more than that. Um... Just a little bit. See, remember back when the early credit card numbers had a specific way of validating that they were legit? I was publishing bogus credit card number generators that only sort of worked half the time on local BBS systems.

They wouldn't work for authorization, but they'd work for input validation on websites to like, you know, hey, let's go pop on to, let's say, the early porn sites, for example. They'd get you enough to get your free trial, and then they'd mysteriously error out.

They wouldn't work for authorization, but they'd work for input validation on websites to like, you know, hey, let's go pop on to, let's say, the early porn sites, for example. They'd get you enough to get your free trial, and then they'd mysteriously error out.

There's that whole LUNS check, right? There's some math behind it. I looked it up because I didn't have the generator quite right. Some of the check sums didn't match, but most of them kind of did. It was enough to get past a cheap regex, but that's about it.

There's that whole LUNS check, right? There's some math behind it. I looked it up because I didn't have the generator quite right. Some of the check sums didn't match, but most of them kind of did. It was enough to get past a cheap regex, but that's about it.

I was a cadet back when I was younger, from 12 to 19. I got my glider license before I learned how to drive a car.

I was a cadet back when I was younger, from 12 to 19. I got my glider license before I learned how to drive a car.

So I had an option to go back to school, went back to SAIT as a network engineer. Did six months of CCNA, MCSA, Linux LPI 1, Level 2, Level 3, that kind of stuff. And that's what kind of restarted my career when I was in my early 20s.

So I had an option to go back to school, went back to SAIT as a network engineer. Did six months of CCNA, MCSA, Linux LPI 1, Level 2, Level 3, that kind of stuff. And that's what kind of restarted my career when I was in my early 20s.

So basically, I got the phone call from my friend to go over to Afghanistan. And he said, there's this company called Network Innovations. And basically, what they do is they run the morale voice and internet services for the Canadian forces. So what that means is you have soldiers calling their families back home from the big super fobs or the small little remote outposts.

So basically, I got the phone call from my friend to go over to Afghanistan. And he said, there's this company called Network Innovations. And basically, what they do is they run the morale voice and internet services for the Canadian forces. So what that means is you have soldiers calling their families back home from the big super fobs or the small little remote outposts.